Prasat Mueang Khaek Inscription 1

Script

Old Khmer

Date

1517 B.E.

Language

Khmer

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 27 lines of writing

Material

sandstone

Form

rectangle bar

Size

38 cm. width ; 132 cm. height ; 26 cm. thick

Found at

Prasat Mueang Khaek, Ban Kok Kok, Khorat Locality, Sung Noen District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Exhibited

Maha Wirawong National Museum, Nai Mueang Locality, Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Description

The inscription refers to the royal command of a king for the installation of holy sculptures of Kaṃmrateṅ Añ Śrī Asmāndhṛtacandra Maheśvara,  Kaṃmrateṅ Añ Śrī Asmāndhṛtacandrasthāma and Kaṃmrateṅ Añ Śrī Asmāndhṛtacandradevī. The royal command also instructed that Kaṃmrateṅ Añ of Liṅgapura was to be included, and that officials and court subjects should take care of these holy sculptures and these holy places with regular royal support in the form of slaves and slaves, such as rice and oil.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
Cha-em Kaeokhlai and Bunloet Senanon, “Prasat Mueang Khaek Inscription 1, 2 and 3,” Silpakorn 37, 2 (March-April 2537) : 99-112 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-04, File Name; NM_020)